Hey guys-
Training-wise (probably the most crucial part of the run-up!) I've not been doing a great deal BUT HAVE FAITH IN ME! I'm off out on a 8.5 mile walk tomorrow, on relatively flat and easy ground, as that is all I have in my area, but I'll do it very quickly. I could also do with a good pace to burn off the excessive calories of TWO Sticky Toffee Puddings with Toffee Sauce and Ice Cream, the 99 Flake, the Steak Pie, and the Bread + Butter pudding with custard that I had today! But it was my birthday, after all! I don't normally eat as bad as that.. well... not that often...
Meanwhile on my birthday (which was technically yesterday) I didn't have a particularly ceremonious or chilled day. I always hoped to do the 3 Peaks while I was still 15 to make my record even more impressive and harder to beat, but through being very busy with exams this wasn't feasible at all. Doing it on the longest day (which is in 2 days?) would have been ideal but it would have only given me 1 extra hour daylight..
So anyway- I was up at 7, got out with the dogs and then got back to go down to the Kelsall Primary School Summer Fete in my walking gear and a rucksack full of material at 10am. I set up a little table with all of my sponsorship forms, posters, my Chester Chronicle article printed out etc, along with my banner. You may have noticed my banner on my picture- it actually has an error with it, the REACT logo is there instead of my Peckforton Castle Logo.. I've got a new one coming in the post free of charge- thanks to make-a-sign.co.uk!
So I got a lot of people interested on the way in to the fete at 11am. In total I raised a brilliant £78! £46 of that came from my sponsorship form/donation box on my table. I need to go and collect £5 after the event from one of my old dinner ladies (I haven't been at Kelsall for 5 years- funnily enough I was talking to my old teacher who recalls my last day there, and I left high school a month ago- everything seems so small and goes very quickly!). I gained a lot of interest on the day and I hope those people also got onto my blog ok- and if they have- THANKYOU! Lots of people had seen me in the paper and were very keen to support me. I didn't know a lot of the people who kindly donated but if you signed my sponsor form I'll try and call round to thank you afterwards! Special thanks to the kind blokes on the door who pointed everyone in my direction- that helped! Funnily enough one of the chaps is also a 3 Peaker who did the challenge in 18 hours 48 last year. He had an identical itinerary to me- maybe I can do it in the same time too?
The rest of the money I raised was very very kindly donated by Harry and Diane from Kelsall Plant Centre/Shed City. The Plant Centre has sadly closed hence they were selling off their old stock, I used to work for them, they invited me down to help and kindly gave me 20% of their takings- £32, which totalled £78 all together. Not bad at all for a couple of hours- and it was good fun too (had a good chat to my old teachers and a mooch around!)
I also want to thank Barbara Wilkie, from Weetwood Ales, (www.weetwoodales.co.uk), for taking a sponsorship form and helping me to raise another brilliant £45 in sponsorship for me! Much appreciated! Also thanks again to Diane and Harry from the garden centre, a big thumbs up to Jenny and Den Ware who have kindly lent me their 4 Walkie Talkies for the event- which has saved me £20 in hire costs. Thanks to Gary Porter @ The Chronicle for posting a brilliant article about me last week which has really brought the interest in. I now have sponsorship forms in the Co-op, Boot Inn and the Chemist in Kelsall (and soon to be one in the butchers, Peckforton Castle and the Royal Oak).
I've now got 16 days to train and plan. My schedule is done. I've raised about £550 now- can we double that? I think so!
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